AUSTRALIAN
(Received Dec. 23, at 9.50 a.m.)
Melbourne, Dec 23. Several nuggets, three of which weighed 30, 50 and 67 ozs respectively, were f ound at Tarnagulla. A rush has taken -place.
Perth, Dec 23. A. rich strike of gold is rumored in the winze of the Great Boulder mine B 0 feet below the 200 feet level.
Adelaide, Dec 23. Hon T. Playford, Agent-General, returns to the colony in April. Dr Cockburn probably succeeds him.
(Received Dec 23 at 9.30 p.m.)
Sydney, Dec 23 Referring to the statement made in the New -Zealand Parliament, Grayson denies the short handedness of the Aorangi's crew. She carries a full complement-, consisting of 36 hands in the engine room and 'stoke hole. • She has a larger crew than any other steamer in|the Pacific trade.
(Received, Dec 23, at 11 p.m.) Sydney, Dec 23.
The Postmaster-General has fallen in with Huddart Parker & Oo's suggestion that the Vancouver steamers calling at Wellington should leave Sydney on Saturdays instead of Mondays. The Government, "through the Agent-
General, accepted the tenders of the Welsh Company for 15,000 tons of steel rails afc £4 16s l|d per ton delivered at Sydney.
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West Coast Times, Issue 10670, 24 December 1897, Page 2
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194AUSTRALIAN West Coast Times, Issue 10670, 24 December 1897, Page 2
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